Citizens’ residences scheme makes progress in Doha, suburbs

About 85% of the infrastructural development works of the new residential developments being executed in Al Mashaf West and North Wukair are completed, Ashghal and Qatar Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) announced yesterday.
All works are expected to be over in the second quarter of this year in the projects areas, officials explained during a media tour of the construction sites off Wukair area on the south western side of Doha yesterday.
As many as 10,400 plots were allotted as part of an ambitious citizens’ residences scheme in some 17 locations, mainly in Doha neighbourhoods and some locations on its outskirts.
Al Mashaf and North Wukair areas together accounted for 1,829 plots. Of this 1,186 land plots are in Al Mashaf West (Package 3) and remaining 643 in Al Wukair North.
Already access roads have been laid and electricity and water networks have been built in the two areas where plots have been earmarked for citizens. A number of residences are already under construction in the allotted plots.
The projects in Al Mashaf include the construction of a local roads network of about 70km, which includes 92 main and local streets .
There would be 13 signalled intersections, besides three interchanges and provision of street lighting in Al Mashaf project. Drainage and communication networks are also part of the projects being executed. In Wukair, nearly 23km of roads and eight signal-controlled intersections are also being built.  
About QR2bn is earmarked every year for infrastructural works to be carried out in similar sites in different areas, informed Ashghal officials yesterday.
Speaking to journalists earlier at a site office of the contractors in Wukair, Ashghal president and senior engineer Saad bin Ahmed al-Muhannadi said local agencies were in good co-ordination to ensure that works are completed at a fast pace so that the plot owners would be able to start construction in their allotted  sites on time.
Also speaking, Kahramaa president and  senior engineer Issa bin Hilal al-Kuwari said the corporation is executing its works to provide utilities’  connections to the plot owners on a war footing.
At the meeting the authorities also briefed on the delivery of infrastructure projects for citizens over the five years until the end of 2021.
Ashghal’s Road Projects Department director Saoud al-Tamimi explained the delivery schedule over the next few years.
After the works covering 1,829 plots in Al Wukair North and Al Mashaf West areas, infrastructure facilities will be completed to serve 1,303, 2,511, 2,487 and 2,270 plots during 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, respectively. Kahramaa’s Water Networks director Abdulla al-Diyab was also present during the tour.